B50m bank 'mistake' costs woman job

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B50m bank 'mistake' costs woman job

Published: 28 Jan 2013 at 20.52
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A Kamphaeng Phet woman has sought help from the Crime Suppression Division after she claimed a bank mistakenly transferred 50 million baht to her account, then asked her to travel from Taiwan to deal with the matter in Thailand, causing her to lose her job.

The complaint was filed on Monday by Kornkamol Katekaew, 23, who was accompanied by women and children's rights advocate Paveena Hongsakul, according to a report in Daily News.

A native of Khlong Khlung district in the northern province, she told police she went to work in Taiwan last year on a three-year employment contract with a Thai-registered overseas recruitment company.

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patchar
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Discussion 9 : 29 Jan 2013 at 20.449
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Its quite clear here that the one at fault is the bank, whoever did it, or why it happened, we don't know. What the woman is asking here is just fair, she deserve to be compensated of her lost. The mistake was made correct so everything goes well... just give the compensation being asked here
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Discussion 8 : 29 Jan 2013 at 10.138
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The bank, or its representative, threatened to take legal action. For what? The customer should take legal action against the bank for harassment. Most banks live in a world of their own, but Thai banks take it to another level.
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Discussion 7 : 29 Jan 2013 at 08.167
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Aussiedoug, the article says' "Fearing legal action, Ms Kornkamol finally left Taiwan and showed up at the bank on July 18, only to be informed that the transaction was the bank's mistake. I agree something sounds wrong with the way it is reported and over 6 months after the occurence. I liked your version, but can only go by what I read in the paper, Certainly don't want, "kai Na".
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Discussion 6 : 29 Jan 2013 at 08.076
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Surely no bank in the world are allowd to go into private accounts and transfer money out of the account.
This must be done soley by the account owner (or account owner/bank together).
No?

By the way, incidents like this from before, where big sums were transferred to a private account, made the account owner gain interests from that money, as this is looked upon as a loan from the bank (mistake or not).

No wonder Gold and money under the mattress is the prefered way in this country.
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Discussion 5 : 29 Jan 2013 at 07.415
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The woman who rang the lady in Thailand was the bank customer who (inadvertently?) put the money in the wrong account in error, that's why no name given, just a rat name. And for sure she would have been getting the run around from the bank, so decided to deal with it herself by threats to the recipient. Where does it say this, tell me I am wrong, you will have egg on your face.
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Discussion 4 : 29 Jan 2013 at 02.144
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bad news reporting, for sure hundreds of ignorend Thai would be victims line up to join this "fortune".
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Discussion 3 : 29 Jan 2013 at 01.193
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Someone tried to hind the money for a short time(laundering may be) Picked inactive account to hind this dirty money. Its the same way drugs are smuggled thru some innocent means.
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Discussion 2 : 28 Jan 2013 at 23.102
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The bank should reimburse her in full and offer her a public apology printed in newspapers for a week .Banks are such a scam .
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Discussion 1 : 28 Jan 2013 at 22.361
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Just wondering why it would take the physical presence of the account holder to correct a clerical error??? Perhaps a Thai banking law and the bank should be happy to pay at least 1 1/2 to 2 million, if they could not get the 50,000,000 returned any other way. Something sounds amiss. Most banks I'm familiar with would just make a correctional clerical entry to reinstate the account to the proper balance.
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